Posted in Insight on January 8th, 2010 by Tahlent Team
While business communication has certainly become less formal and more forthright all over the world, there are certain limitations to the liberties one can take while addressing employees, superiors, customers, clients, investors or other stakeholders. First of all, it is important to know that the basics of good writing apply to business communication as well. Clarity and brevity are therefore vital for the effectiveness any kind of business writing – from emails and memos to annual reports and presentations. Here are a few tips to help you spruce up your business writing.
With faster lifestyles, global workforces and 24/7 schedules, the impact of workplace stress is becoming severe on working professionals across the world. Today, stress may be caused due to a variety of factors, not just the pressure to perform under severe deadlines. The cause of stress may result from your interaction with superiors and co-workers, personal problems such as troubled marriages or bereavement that spill into your office life, performance and teamwork issues, low self-esteem, fear of job loss, and health issues.
A little stress is actually useful because it fires away the body’s self-defense mechanisms – alertness, high adrenalin levels, etc. However, prolonged stress can do a lot of damage. For people in demanding professions such as travel, sales, hospitality and medicine, as well as self-employed professionals, stress can extract a high toll. To beat stress before it gets you down, you must recognize the early warning signs.
